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Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff affixes a mezuzah at the vice president’s residence in Washington, D.C., in 2021. (Photo courtesy of The White House)
August 16, 2024, 9:25 am
A mezuzah in a Harris-Emhoff White House? It might not be the first.
Doug Emhoff said he’d put a mezuzah in the White House. Whether Jewish law requires him to is a matter of dispute.
By Unitha Cherry, Louis Keene | Forward
Second gentleman Douglas Emhoff, husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, delivers remarks during a roundtable about the rise of antisemitism in the Indian Treaty Room at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, Dec. 7, 2022. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
December 8, 2022, 8:47 am
Biden administration officials meet with Jewish leaders to tackle antisemitism surge
Jewish officials at the meeting were impressed by its comprehensiveness, saying it went beyond the white supremacist threat that the administration has focused on in the past.
By Ron Kampeas
Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff lights a menorah at a Hanukkah ceremony in the East Room of the White House, Dec. 1, 2021. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
December 2, 2021, 1:29 pm
A menorah in the window: Biden presidency’s first Chanukah is all about visible diversity
“We have to stand against the resurgence of this tide of antisemitism and other forms of intolerance and hate here at home and around the world,” Biden said.
By Ron Kampeas
Doug Emhoff and Jill Biden arrive before President Joe Biden takes part in signing the infrastructure bill at the White House, Nov. 15, 2021. (Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images)
November 19, 2021, 8:43 am
Doug Emhoff picks putting mezuzah on VP house as a top memory of the year
Rabbi Peter Berg of The Temple, a Reform synagogue in Atlanta, was present at the event.
By Philissa Cramer
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